What was the most important contribution to nursing made during medieval times?
a. The Red Cross recognized the worth of nurses in caring for the poor.
b. A formal school was established to train nurses within the convents.
c. The hospital of St. John was established to train nurses and physicians.
d. Society placed an increased status on car-ing for the ill.
D
During medieval times, the altruistic ideal of providing care out of humility and love was estab-lished as the foundation of nursing. The most important contribution to nursing during medieval times was the increased status placed on caring for the ill. Nursing gained status. Convents were housing places for the deaconesses, widows, and virgins to provide physical protective shelters. The hospital of St. John was built in Jerusalem to care for Christian crusaders. The Red Cross did not come into existence until the 1880s and was founded by Clara Barton.
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